PSE Earth Day Celebration

2023 Details

Date: Saturday, 22 April, 2023

Time: 10:00am-2:00pm

Location: Children’s Museum of Skagit County – in the old Gap space, just to the right of the Museum

Cost: PSE Earth Day Celebration & Family Palooza are FREE! Admission must still be paid to the Museum.

Details: 2023’s Puget Sound Energy Earth Day celebration will be packed with all sorts of FREE Earth-friendly, science and art activities and information AND Help Me Grow-Skagit’s FamilyPalooza is happening at the same time! Join us for free activities for the whole family to enjoy!

• Activities to include:
  • Make Seeded Paper – recycle paper back into pulp, add native wildflower seeds and watch your flower beds bloom!
  • Hand-crank a lightbulb – feel how much energy it takes to light up an incandescent bulb versus an LED bulb.
  • Check out the robotics and science activities the Bellingham + Skagit Coding & Robotics Club brings!
  • Do a craft, and see if you can guess the distance from the Earth to the Moon, with Heritage Flight Museum!
  • Skagit Kid Insider will help you make buttons with our amazing button maker!
  • Visit with Enchanting Events’ Rapunzel (and ask her about her time living in the forest!) from 10-11:30am, and then visit with Moana (and ask her about the importance of the oceans!) from 12-2pm!
  • Show your love for the Earth with a themed face painting by Contours FX!
  • Play Mini Golf as you explore the event space and learn from all of our partners!
  • Grab a snack from Ma & Pa’s Kettle Corn!
  • **More coming as partners are confirmed!**
• Family Palooza will be set up around a 9-hole mini-golf course. Families can engage with people from community organizations while playing. We will have organizations representing the following topics:
  • Pregnancy/Postpartum (examples: home visiting, lactation support, Welcome Baby)
  • Parenting (examples: home visiting, parenting classes, support groups)
  • Early Learning / Child Care (examples: libraries, transition K)
  • Family Fun (examples: recreation, Skagit Kid Insider)
  • Nutrition (examples: WIC, Basic Food, food banks, CSAs)
  • Wellness (examples: health insurance, car seats, dentistry)
  • Basic Needs (examples: legal, housing, diapers)
  • Special Needs (examples: therapy, developmental screening)
  • Dads (examples: groups, outreach)

2023 Event Sponsors

2023’s Earth Day celebration is presented in partnership with Puget Sound Energy as part of their Powerful Partners grant intiative.

Get Inspired

There are so many different things you can do to be a better resident of Earth. Below are some organizations that might inspire you with simple changes and big ideas, broaden your knowledge about environmental conservation, or whose work you can support:

Puget Sound Energy’s Energy-Saving Tips

Ocean Generation

5 Gyres Institute

Skagit Fisheries Enhancement Group

Skagit Watershed Council

Skagit Land Trust

Skagit Valley Food CoOp

Friends of Skagit Beaches

‘Earthrise’ – “The most influential environmental photograph ever taken”

“Earthrise” was the first photo of the Earth taken from deep space by Bill Anders on 1968’s Apollo 8 mission. The image of a vulnerable Earth, our home planet, floating in the darkness of space, is credited with kick-starting the environmental movement. Learn more about this mission right here in Burlington – at the Heritage Flight Museum, founded by Bill Anders, and located at the Skagit Regional Airport!

Watch a recreation of the Apollo 8 mission as it saw the Earth from the Moon for the first time – Click here

TIME Magazine’s Earthrise video – Click here

TODAY’s 50th Anniversary/Earthrise interview with Bill Anders – Click here